Living in upstate New York at the foothills of the Adirondacks, Deborah Webster has the space she needs to contemplate 'space of the mind". Her work embodies the unique patterns of thought and energy systems we create in relationships with one another. The last two decades have been spent exploring relationships through narrative images and more recently in abstract form.
Deborah's undergraduate training focused on psychology and art. She received a master's degree in painting while raising two children as a single mom. Working as a high school art educator for over 20 years, as well as an adjunct instructor at local colleges, she has received various grants and awards for arts-in-education programs she developed.
Deborah's work has been exhibited in several solo shows as well as numerous juried and invitational exhibits in galleries such as Long Island University, Cork Gallery in NYC, Amos Eno in SOHO among others.
Recently, Deborah has been the subject of a public broadcasting documentary, "Horses: Saratoga Style" which will air in August of 2002. Several years ago, she sold everything she owned, packed a backpack and began her life journey. She lived in Hawaii for several years as an artist-in-residence both at the Kalani Honua Cultural Center on the Big Island and the Keapana Center in Kauai. Her adventures and experiences in Hawaii serve as the inspiration for her new work. There she studied with Huna healers and Buddhist monks, Hula dancers and Hawaiian fisherman. She worked as a teacher on a sugar cane plantation, lived in the rainforest, slept under the stars on hidden beaches, swam with wild dolphins, walked on hot lava, and most importantly, discovered the "space in her own mind."
